Central Indiana Skywarn

Here's a link to an online training module put together by the NWS regarding spotter report quality.

http://www.wdtb.noaa.gov/modules/spotters/player.html

The National Weather Service has created a series of on-line weather training module called "JetStream". The modules cover all types of weather topics and are designed to help educators, emergency managers, or anyone interested in learning about weather and weather safety.

You can access JetStream at:

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstream/index.htm

Here are the presentations from the 2010 Severe Weather Symposium.

March of 2010 will bring the next installment of the biyearly Central Indiana Severe Weather Symposium, an all day session geared toward providing more advanced information for spotters and weather enthusiasts.

The date for the 2010 symposium is March 13, 2010. The location will be the Valle Vista Conference Center in Greenwood.

UPDATE 03-Mar-2010: SPACE IS LIMITED! Registrations MUST be received by Thursday, March 11, 2010. Due to contractual obligations, no walk-in registration will be available.

Here's a link to page on the Indianapolis NWS web site where you can find more information about the symposium:

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=ind&storyid=40755&...

Here are the presentations from the 2008 Severe Weather Symposium.

Presentations from the Symposium have been posted here.

2008 brings the next installment of the Central Indiana Severe Weather Symposium, an all day session geared towards providing more advanced information for severe weather spotters.

The 2008 symposium will be held on Saturday, March 1st, 2008, from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm, at the Valle Vista Conference Center, 755 E. Main St., Greenwood, Indiana, and is co-sponsored by the Central Indiana Chapter of the American Meteorological Society and National Weather Service Indianapolis.

The Indianapolis NWS office has produced a spotter training video that you can view online. It's about 32 minutes long and covers many of the concepts presented in their live spotter talks. Take a look!

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/ind/INDSpotter/player.html

Attached are spotter guides in PDF format. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view these files. These guides were produced by the National Weather Service and are getting a bit dated, but they still contain a wealth of information for the beginning and advanced severe weather spotter.